Is Separate Unequal? Black Colleges and the Challenge to Desegregation
When racial segregation was the rule in southern schools, all-black universities like Jackson State, Alcorn State, and Mississippi Valley State represented the only opportunities for African Americans to obtain a college education. For that reason, the move toward desegregation triggered by Brown v. Board of Education was a mixed blessing for those committed to preserving the traditions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.As Albert Samuels observes, Brown's tenet that separate...
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"A clear, cogent, and long overdue investigation of the relationship of black colleges, collegiate desegregation, and the political ideal of democracy. Samuels carefully unravels complicated court cases, haughty political theories, and the complexities of American race relations in order to reveal the historic and continuing significance of black colleges."—M. Christopher Brown II, author of The Quest to Define Collegiate Desegregation"A well written, informative, and compelling book that should deepen our under-standing of the cultural and political significance of race in the United States."—Brian K. Landsberg, author of Enforcing Civil Rights: Race Discrimination and the Department of Justice "An extremely interesting and fair-minded study."—Mark V. Tushnet, author of Brown v. Board of Education: The Battle for Integration Author Biography: Albert L. Samuels is assistant professor of political science at Southern University.The Washington PostOverall the book is a timely and provocative analysis of an under-theorized part of civil rights jurisprudence—the preference of some African Americans to learn with their own kind.—Paul Butler
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Brown as a Personification of the American Creed112The Road to Brown and the Dilemma of the Black College273Applying Brown to Higher Education604Education and Racial Politics: The Era of Jim Crow in Higher Education in Mississippi895From Ayers to Fordice: Desegregation in the Context of Conservatism1096Desegregation and Black Colleges: A Case Study in the Limitations of the American Creed148Afterword187Notes197Bibliography219Index233
\ The Washington PostOverall the book is a timely and provocative analysis of an under-theorized part of civil rights jurisprudence—the preference of some African Americans to learn with their own kind.—Paul Butler\ \
